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Visitor II
December 9, 2022
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Can't write or read SRI512 cards

  • December 9, 2022
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Hello, sorry for the inconvenience but I really can't understand why I can't write/read new cards (the ones he has work) from my customer reader. What am I doing wrong?

I enclose the photos, his card (working and writable / readable) and the one I created for him.

Thanks again,

Andrew

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    Best answer by Berenice BENVEGUDA

    Hello,

    first of all thanks for your interest in ST25 tag products.

    on SRI512, block 5 corresponds to a count down binary counter.

    You can only write a value which is smaller that the current one in this block.

    Best Regards,

    BB

    3 replies

    APell.2Author
    Visitor II
    December 9, 2022

    Could it be that the reader checks through an algorithm if the UID corresponds to block 5?

    Graduate II
    December 9, 2022

    Not exactly a wealth of detail to work from here..

    Perhaps talk the vendor of the equipment, it might be less trivial than simply duping card content?

    Could be a checksum, hash, or CRC of some type.

    Perhaps review more than one exemplar?

    APell.2Author
    Visitor II
    December 10, 2022

    Thank you for your answer @Community member​.

    I don't think the vendor is very inclined to provide me with such specific assistance, especially when he sells the cards for €3 each, and I own a hotel: I'm always more certain that block 5 is that it prevents me from using the cards found elsewhere.

    I have verified that all the blank cards he has supplied me have block 5 that is always different, the rest is empty.

    Now comes the fun part: how will I ever be able to understand the mechanism?

    APell.2Author
    Visitor II
    December 10, 2022

    I picked block 5 from 60 different cards today!

    Technical Moderator
    January 3, 2023

    Hello,

    first of all thanks for your interest in ST25 tag products.

    on SRI512, block 5 corresponds to a count down binary counter.

    You can only write a value which is smaller that the current one in this block.

    Best Regards,

    BB